HMS Tradewind Torpedoes Jun’yō Maru, Killing 5,600, September 18, 1944
World War II: The British submarine HMS Tradewind torpedoes Jun'yō Maru, killing 5,600, mostly slave labourers and POWs.
Date: September 18, 1944
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